2 Chronicles 4:19
in 2 Chronicles 4Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the showbread;
KJV
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The tables - A single table only is mentioned in 1Ki 7:48; 2Ch 29:18. It is supposed that Solomon made ten similar tables, any one of which might be used for the showbread; but that the bread was never placed on more than one table at a time.
This site's exposition
the golden altar also, and the tables
on 2 Chronicles 4:19-22
The record narrows from brass to gold for the house itself: the golden altar, the tables for the shewbread again multiplied beyond the tabernacle's one, the candlesticks and their lamps, and down to the tongs, snuffers, basons, spoons and censers, all of pure gold. Even the doors of the most holy place and of the temple are overlaid in gold, so that nothing between the brass altar in the court and the innermost door is left unadorned. Barnes notes that Kings names only a single table while Chronicles' plural implies as many as ten, matching the ten candlesticks of verse seven.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), on which they burnt incense. It is probable that this was enlarged in proportion to the brazen altar. Christ, who once for all made atonement for sin, ever lives, making intercession, in virtue of that atonement.
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Perhaps every one of the tables had twelve loaves of show-bread on it. As the house was enlarged, the house-keeping was. In my father's house there is bread enough for the whole family.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכֵּלִ֔ים | hakelim | the articles | H3627 → | 325 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [were] [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְאֵת֙ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִזְבַּ֣ח | mizbach | [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| הַזָּהָ֔ב | hazahav | <the> gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַשֻּׁלְחָנ֔וֹת | hashulchanot | the tables | H7979 → | 71 times |
| וַעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | vaaleihem | and on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| לֶ֥חֶם | lechem | [the] bread of | H3899 → | 298 times |
| הַפָּנִֽים׃ | hapanim | the presence | H6440 → | 2123 times |
וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַכֵּלִ֔יםthe articles
hakelimH3627 →325 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בֵּ֣ית[were] [the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וְאֵת֙and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִזְבַּ֣ח[the] altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
הַזָּהָ֔ב<the> gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַשֻּׁלְחָנ֔וֹתthe tables
hashulchanotH7979 →71 times
וַעֲלֵיהֶ֖םand on them
vaaleihemH5921 →5755 times
לֶ֥חֶם[the] bread of
lechemH3899 →298 times
הַפָּנִֽים׃the presence
hapanimH6440 →2123 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 9:13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
it leads to
- Revelation 8:3–5
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
- Exodus 30:2–3
It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.
- Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Revelation 8:3–5
Through
2 Kings 24:13As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king…
it leads to
- Isaiah 39:6
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 20:5
I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them…
- 2 Kings 20:17
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- 1 Kings 7:48–50
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- Daniel 5:2–3
Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink…
- Isaiah 39:6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.